TRA TO INSTALL PREWARNING SYSTEMS ON SLOPES|列車撞土石流 台鐵編兩億建邊坡預警系統

The South-link railroad line has been suspended several times due to mudslides and roadbed subsidence caused by days of extremely torrential rain. The TRA, or the Taiwan Railways Administration, will begin to install a mudslide pre-warning system along its railways next year. The system is scheduled to be completed in 2020. Days of extremely torrential rains caused serious damages to the South-link Line. The section between Taimali Station and Zhiben Station had a mudslide. On October 8, the train was not able to make an emergency stop and hit the mudslide. On October 9, the roadbed was washed away by waters. On October 10, the roadbed had subsidence and rails were displaced. Although video monitors were installed at 13 places along the South-link Line, but they were not able to make alerts of mudslides. The slope monitoring system had failure. ==CHOU TSU-TE, Taiwan Railways Construction Dept. Deputy Director== This position mark was not included in our routine inspection. Take the South-link Line as an example, if precipitation was over 40 millimeter, the signal light would turn red, which suggesting the train driver to slow down or stop. One-third of Taiwan's railways have slopes and they are about 350 kilometers long. Taiwan Railways Administration last year allocated NT$200 million for installing pre-warning system along the slopes of the South-link Line. The installation will begin in 2018 and complete in 2020. ==CHOU TSU-TE, Taiwan Railways Construction Dept. Deputy Director== We first install the monitoring system at some important sections, the budget is NT$200 million. If it were to install for all 350 kilometers, then the expenditures will be far more than this amount. The weather has been extreme, however the slope pre-warning system will not be completed until 2020. Taiwan Railways Administration will enforce more slope inspections, especially prior to typhoons or heavy rains. The South-link Line trains will either slow down train speed or temporarily be suspended. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 連日大雨重創台鐵南迴鐵路，太麻里站到知本站發生土石流，8號台鐵列車煞車不及撞上，9號又發生路基流失，10號又因為路基下陷、鋼軌位移，雖然台鐵在南迴線，13處土石流危險路段已經裝設監視器，但這次還是無法事先偵測到土石流，台鐵邊坡偵測預警系統出現問題。 ==台鐵工務處副處長 周祖德== 這個點的位置原來 並沒有在我們的 巡查的重點的路段當中 以南迴線來講時雨量 如果超過40公釐以上 我們燈號會亮紅燈 會建議慢行或停駛 全台長達一千多公里的鐵路，邊坡就佔了三分之一，大約有350公里左右，台鐵去年針對南迴線編列兩億元建立邊坡預警系統，預估2018年開始設置，2020年完成。 ==台鐵工務處副處長 周祖德== 重點的路段先做 監視器的部份是兩億啦 那如果是350公里 全部要建置全部做 這些監視器的話事實上 經費遠遠不只這個金額 面對極端氣候的威脅，南迴線邊坡預警系統，得等到2020年才會完成，恐怕緩不濟急，目前會加強邊坡巡查，在颱風或豪雨來臨前，提前降速或停駛。 記者 林欣儀 彭耀祖 台北報導